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One Man's Simple Invention Points Up
The Complexity of Gun-Control Suits

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Paul M. Barrett Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated April 23, 1999 10:07 p.m. ET

Frank Brooks doesn't want to appear to be exploiting the Littleton, Colo., school massacre. But there is no escaping that another gruesome shooting affects his gun-lock company.

"I would not want to capitalize in any way on what happened in Colorado," says Mr. Brooks, chairman and chief executive of Saf T Lok Inc. But he quickly adds that the tragedy "points up the need to keep guns away from kids, and when it does, it points to our company."